The Sun. — London, England, 1818-10-21 00:00:00

r Car lCati°rl l id the ~ ofter We e'` be 6°‘ u✓ue' e Pees °ll pe a to n° ds It thel cot to 00 lie k~~`~~~ SUIT' NEWS. : 1-T nnorts, SEPT. 15.—Arrived the steam-boat 11 17-.i4 ja, 24 hours from Norfolk. Passed at the h 3()t h Of the river, at anchor, a large ship and a -ri g- This ship is Portuguese, supposed from Bra ". captured by an Artigain privateer, and has I " i n ill distress ; she is in charge of an Officer tt l f the Revenu e cutter, and has been libelled, t t .'' 1 ,, ;41" b y Portuguese Consul ; she is represented f ee ° ‘,. e ship of 900 or 1,000 tons, draws 24 Water, armed with 18 or 20 guns has one "Ii " l bs. e sugar on h oar d, b es id es ot h er 4 ~I t b tg ''' A large part o f h er cargo m u st - be taken al 'ef,,,, she • ; her name rtl „,, vs t can 'com e utu the r iver e ircurustances are not yet known.— (rid . th " 4 ' llB ) I t i s tlipposed that th e a b ove yes e M onte Alegne. 1 1 11- ,LAIII4"TH, O CT . 18.—Arrived the Stamper 11,,a"t, with a mail tram Jamaica in 39days. She str"q lightningo n the 17th ult, w hi c h f st rive her mainmast and yards, and killed 19 Whieb were in coops on deck.—Th e b r i g str 4 11 : 114 ' Pot. Locx , f rom L on d on to Belfast, 111': - Oh l the ro c ks a lit t le to t h e westwar d of the I low -4 1: 1 " last night, i n a t hi c k f og, where she jlbe is el wi th th e rocks through her bottom. All shet'C saved, a n d to-mot row's tid e , i t i s t ' h e 14, 11 l be got off with the assistance of c utter, Capt. LITTLE. 111110 11, 6.°4 °C T% 20.--Arrived the b r i g L oya l thdifaX, With troops. 114 4, f °C1 %20,-Arrived t h e Albi on , Bo Clc.• I h , Calc utta. th e LI ttl'Q"L, OCT. 19.--The Mars, Bras, from lit- r „. 'if Moll, with 253 settlers; and Sterling, 4 triv" fr°ll) Green oc k, w i t h 336 settlers, have Q,,ebee. At 1 / 1 0. :ti nd6 Y sOnnieht in the morning, the ship ti v , o f f 1 , "(I Il i Stewart :waster, ar ;Re Shal from Q ueb ec' a fter a pas t 14 411 ) , (1 "Ys• rtis is the quickest run we ever ° at)N, vivq to have he ar d o f any vessel from Quebec ,„ t _ ---------.--..----t._--= ittl ,414 1' I;.,ve fron t P ort -au-Prince states, that y 1,-`lll 11:14 a pproached that Ippi.ei tt o f Au gnst, town in the and that au attack was again 1_ letultd. tti-'nur'l CA N , .I --• LERRAGEI it is reported, will submit ~. ,e Coo '• i f the celebrafed ii vos e .. , less a memorial .eom ‘' eti i , " 1 P.AN KB 41)(1„ Etlrm ) . ... , relative tx, the means of de settlements, -' t ivil . ,. ` u°lll ti , e Barbary (4„,lei t--,ltig the northern shores of Africa. 14,3', tv•ii I'EWART left Worrell% Hotel yester -4A.1.1"r/. lu" dispatches for the lion. Sir " I ' HobtAs h x vst 4 „ 1,21' Il dit • at the Island of Corfu. 'PP bas,."'"Y the Duke of YORK tiansacted mili -1,4 ~.1110 tress with the PRINCE REGENT at Carl -1., use. III,'" tali , Nth 1, f 14VERPOOL had an audiFnce of the IV" `RGEN 4 still est , T yesterday. is 1( 1%,,, , 14Y the Ist Regiment of Dragoo n .. , br 'ff oiy (Usti, '!lnnantled hy Colonel TeEsnAt.a, which t) "ter! "islied itself, and stiffered severely a t ..it r)o it) rit al l'i "'as re‘ietved at Hamilton by Abijor7 ti trithd "R• This gallant Regiment appeared 1114, ~,,,I3tYle, and ki, f't went th roug h the sword exer -4 vi Performed the different evolutions, with . . sI-. R l 4 ~b.s t i )leel oit. - 4 e,,, th„ , Of 4 b ' erdhY motnlng , about ten o'clock, hiss, se o'rery alai ming appearance occurred at 4 1 - .' in lir. 3 . C. 1-1 031.., a chemist and drug xvii.l'tlitit ,Zr"%en-street, Pinsbury-scpiare. 'The tit'ci, ,I,tiswas attending sot»e preparation, in ißi„.kitth 4 POrlioti of spirits ot turpentine, on n...iit t , en fi r . o h (1, 4 ( 1 . e) situated up stairs ; it became r'ei'' tr ut h it' tarrying the vessel down into the . rs . i, en, ~,. . 14 44 ° l' a 'kart, occasioned by the back door Isit " tfQ,, tt ''' Assistant was enveloped in names. =ls is ' e nd 11 3. tiSter to Mr. 1105 E, I w.lo was on a c, t ie t Pin her dressing-room, rushed dt'w" 11„ ti ed t "Rh th,. n I'4. '0 a 1 -- names into the street, and was t„.. .10,s. c'iel, 4 14, v ' tiPposite, severely scorched anti I.eti. I )ll rtit . - n,ung man, had his face and hands kv'ir o,nitt tl itir t" a short time several engines ar- Ittiltlit'Ree 0. assistance was not necessary, as tutlst r se d %‘ ith the daine, leaving the 9 a volume of smoke. FAVOIJRAtiII:. IN rEii-fGENCE OF TUE Noß•ra IVEY!' EY 1 , C DITION. Although the object of the Discove4 Ships under Captain fitiCHA has been defeated foi• the present by the unfortunate accident which befel the Dorothea, and in Consequence thereof the coestion of a practicable passage over he North Pole remains precisely where it did, there is every reason to believe thAt the North-West Expedition, under Captain Ross, will prove successful. We have just seen a letter frotn Master of the ship Arid, to his Owners, Messrs. I - JAmmoND and SMITH, dated Stroinuess, Bth October, which says, " A heavy gate came on On the 9th Aug. from the southward, and we got close beset amongst heavy flaws of ice, where we were detained till !he 3d Septernber, without any possibility of getting out. The ship was in great danger while we were beset, but happily we escaped c l ear o ff, and I observed i n I nt . 7g: 8. N. and there found an open sea. We' stood off to the westward for 12 hours, and met with no ice. The Discovery Ships got out of sight of us about the middle of August, and, from the appearance it had when ' we left the ice, I doubt not but they may . End their wished-for passage." Thus it appears that the Isabella and Alexander were to the northward of 76. three weeks before the Arid had the run to the westward in an open sea, free from all ice, which three weeks, in the event of the sea continuing open, is more than suf ficient to have carried them to Behring's Strait at any rate, we think it probable that, should they not be able to reach that length, they will pass the winter in the Hyperborean sea, on the northern shore of America. ROBERT BURNS. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR,—In reading your Paper of the 19th instant I find my name connected with a letter relative to the subscriptions raised at a pub lic dinner given at Freemasons' Hall, in 1816, in aid of erecting a monument to the memory of the Scottish Poet BURNS, at Dumfries, over the spot where his remains are deposited. I acknowledge to have a concern so far as being the Sculptor appointed to execute the monument, and which is now finished at my house, and ready to forward to its place of destination when the necessary ar rangements are made for erecting it. Rut white I assert this, I also declare that I was neither a Steward at the dinner here alluded to, nor had I any concern in the receipt of monies collected on that occasion. Anil further, I declare that a shilling I have never yet received on account of the Monument, although the work has been for some rime completed. I have no doubt, there fore, but those Gentlemen who acted as Stewlrds on that occasion will Ove a satisfactory statement of the amount of subscriptions received, and the application of them. r ,dvic es VI Videos e ror' di G O ' ). 11° ‘ xpedi ner 't Fir r coo° t bee' or 1" to i ; i0o ct)( l7, b co'ii . 9 in flfr on , '" (lit e ' f JoIP .fid 301 f of 'or il'e svo 1 I,lo' r 13 3 ' iry of sot . rivaj t oi l ' s ' C aes iii CS o sll' Ct) tile 0 0°1 ,e 0 ( h ' VO ' ol' "5 tvit„ stat e, V ri° 11 3 iSig eO PI e ace • of de j 5 511 r of 1" , be Vt O il. 3.1 to , ~i 0 010 0 beio% Mo te , too" le ti e c c od A . Or world be felt to fat e.- -lie bje..(t i§ hici mentous, and pregnant with the most awful can sequences. --.The soundest Politicians, those not only deeply conversant with the interests of N ations, but with the nature of luau, we believe, Will look with alarm on this ominous event. Time alone can determine on the wisdom of the decision, and we shall not pretend to prophecy What time will produce, but we repeat our caution to the Public in general not to give credit to the Advoc ates for the removal of the Allied Armies fft.'" k ' r ance, or to th ose w h o con d emn the mea sure' If report may be trusted, there are Public Journals of this Metropolis who are in the pay of French Parties, some for the U ltras, as they a r e st yl e d, an d some f or the b Mi n i sterialists. Others, no doubt, will e ready th enough, with ou t p ay , to a d vocate e removal of the Troops, because it may Bfrot‘l scope for the power of the Jacobins to re liuew their attacks upon all legitimate Governments. tOr O urselves we can tru l y say, that we are ()tall Y exempt f rom a ll i n fl uence on either 4, d e ; our only aim is truth, the welfare of our Li clunttY, and th e tranqu illi ty o f Europe, and t r effort s s h all at all times he strenuously t "rt ed in support of those interests, so essential I°Cial order and the happiness of mankind. am, Sir, your obedient Servant, P. TURNERELLI. 67, Newman -street, Oct. 20, 1818. *** Mr. TURNERELLI, as might he expected front his acknowledged character, has acquitted himself of all pecuniary concern in relation to the proposed Monument for ituaNs. It therefore now remains for the Stewards of the Dinner to account for the appropriation of the money col lected on that occasion, which on a reference to THE SUN of May, 27, 1816, we find amounted, according to a statement read by the Secretary at the meeting, to a sulk exceeding 3501. In an Advertisement, which appeared in Trig SUN of ►he same day, a List of the Subscriptio►►s was promised, as soon as it could be completed, and those who were disposed to contribute further were requested to " communicate with the Stew. arils, the Treasurer, COUTTS TROTTER, Ettg. the Secretary, Mt. JP:EDAN. at Old Brompron, and 112, Strand." The present EDITOR of THE SUN, who was the chief Proprietor of the Paper at the time in question, therefore thinks it necessary to state, that it was without his permission that persons were desired to send their subscriptions to THE SUN Office; and also to repeat his decla ration that he never had any thing to do with the business altogetiretr. THE MARKETS, &c. CORN- EXCHANGS, OCT. 21.—Although we have had nu fresh supply of English Wheat since Mon• day, what remaioed over from that day could not be disposed of this morning, having but few buyers at Market, and our prices may be consider ed 2s. per quarter lower ; Barley supports Mon day's prices, the quantity of English at Market being small, winch oecasio►►e a brisk sale for Fine Foreign, the demand for which has been very large for several day's past. In I'eas, Beans, and Oats, there is no alteration. HOP INTELLIGENCE. SOUTH WA RK , OCT. 19.---thir trade for Pockets has been pretty steady during the last urea, but people hate got a strong idea that Bign will be eunsiderahly cheaper, though we confess we consider they are already lower in proportion th a n Pockets. There were some large sales of Bags made here on Saturday, but at such prices as the trade had not been accustomed to, even the day before ; many lots of handsome well managed Kerns were sold from 51. 14s. to 6!. and we suppose we must in s , me degree be governed by these prices in our Ititure sales. PRHSENT PRICES Kent Pockets 61. 18s. to RI. Gott owl good 81. 63. Sussex ditto► 61. 15i to 71. loi. ditto 71. 12,1. Kent Itrizs 51. Ss. t 61. ditto 61. 6s. and 61. 101. FiiiQßex ditto 51. Its. to 61. ltlaitLttone Journal, 0:1.110. 1 1 0ETR Y. 4 WRITTEN ON AN INSURANCE OFFICE. If you would have your goods secur'd From fire or from water', Step in; all things are here instir'a, ticept your wife and daughter. SONNET. , , • 0 ye ! who drag through life the weary chili Of fancied misery! who vainly groan Amidst imagined ills , and causeless pain! . Thinning no sorrows eitial to your own! Coale near this bed and view the scene of death! The jaw relaed.=-the short and catching breath Drawn in iournliire sobs—the beawles3 eye's Wird senseless gate —the Cold and toi-pid a'rth— p.rone at length a breathless clod he lies, Wlio lately gined with healit. Doe's this Marta Foul- cowar& and do ye fear to die Know that the grave's the ho s tile of peaceful rest Where (all their sorrows o'er) the wretched lie, And pain aria evil never more ri►olest. COSMOPOLITE. THE THEATRES. CovR&T-GanoPis.—The novelty last night at his Theatre was a serious Play. entitled Proof Presumptive, or The Abbey of St. Marco. The fol lowing is an outline of the Fable : " Alberto (C. liemßLe); a young Italian Noble man, who has lost his fortune and become in volved in large debts by play, repairs from the earning-table, at midnight, accompanied by his friend Romani (MactlaaoY), to the ruined abbey of San Marco. Romani here urges him to rob bery, as a mode of retrieving his losses : he is struck with horror at the proposal, but finally, almost by force, is prevailed on, and the robbery is attended by murder. Marco Venanzio (AtisoTT), a young soldier, who had been secretly married for six years to Ernestine (Mrs. FAUCIT), the.sister of Alberta, and during the greater part of that time has been absent on duty, has desired his wife to meet him on this spot, to concert measures for making their marriage known to her father. Here, after the departure of her husband, Ernes tine becomes a witness to the murder, and disco vers that the perpetrators are her brother and his friend. They return home, and are enabled by the fruits of their robbery to appear again with credit ; Romani, who discovers Ernestine's know ledge of his crime, urging her by threats to take a solemn oath never to reveal its authors. Her husband, Venanzio, however, from some memo. rials dropped near the Abbey, is accused of the murd,er—a trial is instituted, and the firmness of Ernestine yields to his danger : she denounces Romani, and he his friend. Alberto, in anticipa tion of his fate, had already takers poison ; hot Romani, in the attempt• to kill himself, is pre vented. It is then to be inferred that Romani will Suffer due punishment for his atrocious crimes, and the curtain drops on the speechless agony of the unhappy father." This piece is chiefly a translatiOn from the French, and is attributed to Mr. C. KENNA. It possesses a strong interest, which would he still greater if the plot altogether did not resemble other pieces of a similar kind, particularly one that was brought forward last year at this Theatre. The acting throughout was highly creditable to the Performers, and well calculated to give power ful effect to the piece. C. KRivt,BLE, MACREADY, ABBOTT, EGERTON, and FARLEY, deserve a par ticular notice, and Mrs. FAUCIT certainly never appeared before to equal advantage. Even the little child had been so well instructed that it snstaioed its part not only with natural simpli. city, but easy and prompt attention. The scenery, particularly the opening scene of this piece, with the effect of moon-light, was highly beautiful and pictnresque. This excellent scenery was the work of GRIP,VE, his Sons, &c: &c. The piece was announced for this evening by ABBOTT, with general consent, but not wholly without opposi sition.—The farce of The Wedding, Day followed, and Mr. FARRRN evinced new proofs, in the part of Sir Adam contest, of the justness 'of the popu. larity which wends him. Lady Contest was per formed by Mrs. T. HILL, front Bath. She is a pretty %virtual', aud possesses more merit as an actress than as a singer. The last piece was The - Barber of Seville, Which is so well represented altogether, that it fully requited the numerous audience that attended, for all the melancholy feelings which the new drama had excited. THE SURREY THEATRE.—MontIay night WAS 110n011red with a prodigious overhow, for the bene fit of Mr. FITZWILLIAIII. At the conclusion of the second Piece, Mr. DIEDIN came forward, and thus addressed the audience " LADIES AND GEN f LEM EN,--After a season of thirty weeks, in which :►lnvest as many new pieces have been stamped with the sterling seal of yowl• approval, I have again the honour to otter my respectful acknowledgments for the favour of your countrnance and support during a period of competition, when the unexampled number of from 12 to 14 established places of entertainment have at once courted your protection. One evening of performance only intervenes between this and our opening at Christmas ; the r.maining interval shall be, as heretofore, most studiously and industriously occupied •iu preparations for your future amusement and increased ac commodation. " My worthy friends behind the curtain,—and no Manager could ever boast of kinder assistants at his hack t han I have, — desire me, Ladies and licntleinen, to express their gratitude for your generous atteivion to their benefit's, the effect of which has never liven exceeded in this, or any other esta blishment. The brilliant prospect INfore wet his evening, is as highly gratifing to me. as it is honourable to a person I va lue as a wor thy private friend, and a tuerilorinus public indi vidual. We all join, while taking a respectful leave, in wish ing youi health and prosperity, and that every good you have bestowed on the Surrey Theatre, way be doubled on your .. selves." A Gentlenian being Asked, Why a Mushroom wets like a Dandy? leplird, 13ectuise it is r4l,itl in i's growth, shin in its trunk, rind thick in ils head ! Lnrll ERFK INE sent H mike, a few days ago, to his friend Mr. COUTTq, at Brighton, which ‘v,i, taken in a pond on estate 8t Hulas: hush, near Ilutsheni , that weighed 27 lbs. An Eagle of the Osprey kind rt'a• 51101 134 t week. b etween (lie ilassitithetaite and t e Lakes, by d Gentlemen, wi►o observed it so ing a great height ahttve tl►e river Dervrent, and then plunge with incredible velocity iuto the water after its prey. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' ACT. FOR THE SUN. MR. EDITOR,—You r Correspondent, " Ax OLD BARRISTRR," having now concluded his me ritorious labours, I beg the favour of your per mitting me once to occupy his space, indulging toy usual hope, that the reflection of your rays will tend to enlighten my understanding. The Insolvent Act is one of those wholesome and salutary laws, which, if carried into effect according to its spirit and the intent of the Legis lature, would greatly con d uce to t h e lib erty of the subject ; but experience too plainly proves that, like many others of the same good meaning, it has been perverted by the arts ot. designing men, and it is a melancholy fact that, under its influence, a rogue as frequently evades the payment of his just debts, as does an honest loan escape from the fury of an avaricious creditor. The oppression of es il, however, is always more readily perceived than the benefits arising from good, and, before a measure, with which the liberty of .the people is So intimately connected, is attempted to be aban doned, it ought to he a subject of serious consi deration, whether, " by infusing a portion of new health into its constitution," it is not capable of receiving such alterations, additions, and improve ments., as to prevent the abuses which now so glaringly present themselves : for the Act is even now in its infancy, and it is better that two rogues should escape from punishment, than that one honest man sh ou ld b e c ast i nto prison stud cut oar from society. The system of condemnation too, pursued by us Of the pi esent day, is carried to such au.in jurions extent, that imaginary evils are frequently magnified into real ones, by our neglecting to seek for remedies which may have been provided ; and thus many a seasonable law sinks under the weigh of public clamour, while its beneficial effects are known only to the few that have taken the trouble to understand it ; and this brings me to the chief purport` of my letter. It has frequently occurred to me, as well r}s to many of my acquaintances, that persons under the garb of insolvency, (Anal') the benefit of the rules of one of the prisons, and there remain, without ever applying for their discharge, living comfort ably on property which, if properly divided, would in a great measure, if not wholly,satisfy their debts; and oftentimes harassing their creditors with vexa tious proceedings : to exemplify which, two in st aoces, which are in the compass of my personal knowledge, will suffice. The first case is that of a man styled an Insolvent, who is now living in, and protected by, the rules of the King's Bench Prison ; be keeps at least three or four servants, anti en joys, as report says, an income of 4,000/. a year : and the other is, whet e •another Insolvent, who is also living in.the same roles, and, exclusive of his maintenance, can at now and then to fee his attfirney,partlythroogn malice and partly tin ough his atom ney's instigation, cominenced Brl action against one of his creditors, continued the pro ceedings until the very mm 'dug upon which the trial would have been called on, and then with drew his record ; after having pot his creditor to the expence, for the attendance of witnesses, Counsels, fees, &c. of 40/..; which be has now the mortification of adding Cu his already con• siderable debt. These circumstances, Sir, are alone sufficient to raise an ow et y against the Insolvent Act ; but they are at once so grievous and oppressive, that I cannot suppose the Legislature to ha‘e left them without a remedy, and therefore I seek an expla l . nation from some of your intelligent Corres• poudents. I am, Sir, Your humble Servant, INDOCTUS. The election of the Mayor for Liverpool took place on Satu►day J. n. HOLLINGSBEAD and CHARLES LAWRENCE, Esqrs. were proposed, and after a very spirited contest, the former Gentle man was declared duly elected. On Wednesday week, the Earl of BUCHAN brought from Dry/burgh Abbey a beautiful young cedar of Lebanon, which he put into the hands of the Marquis of BeAumoNT, by whom it was plant ed near the spot where King JAMES the Second was killed, by the bursting of a cannon, at the siege of Roxburgh Castle, on the 3d of Angus I . 1460. The Duchess of RoXBURGH had the good. tress to accompany the Earl of fIucHAN on this occasion. To-morrow the prisoners who - stand committed on charges of felony will he removed from the se veral gaols in London and Middlesex to Newgate, preparatory to their trials at the ensuing Sessions at the Old Bailey, which commence on \Vednes. day next, the 28th instant. The Sessions fur Mid dlesex begin at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell green, on Monday next, the 26th instant. The foundation of an ancient building, suppos ed to be that of au hospital, has been discovered in the ground behind Northumberland House, by the men employed in preparing it for a shrubbery. EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.-Yesterday, Mary Craw ley and Charlotte Morgaa were charged at Marl borough -street, with stealing pictures, rained at 2',0001., the property of Mr. Erard, harp-mann. factures., in \Vigmore-street. It appeared in evidence, that the prosecutor brought paintings from Paris, a few years since, to the value of 20,0001., and the pictures here charged to have been stolen, were. a part of the collection, but they were much damaged. 'rite prisoner Cranky was the daughter of Mr. Erard's porter, and her father having the key of the picture gallery, she obtained easy access. Sortie of the pictures, worilt 1001. each, were pledged at the shop of Mr. Bayles, rod with other pawnbrokers, at low rates, by both the prisoners. —They were. etnaVded. Ilavn•rED Hors)? —For about two months the inhabitants of a threke-story house in Lady-lone, of Pai.iley, were alarmed %vitt) an unusual sound it) theitight-time ;, but it has 'tow been ascertained t hat the work men in the vaulted cellars of a brewery oUoining, striking on the casks of fermenting liquors, in order forward the process of ferments• tion, has been the cause of all the alarm. Tuesday se'nnight, at Evelick, near Perth, the house of Donald Scrintgeour having taken tire its the vent, the poor man got up to the top o f the hon e with the view of pouring water down the chituney, when he unfortunately fell down, and' pitching on his head, instantly expired.